USD Football 1987

Head Coach Brian Fogarty The 1987 season will mark the fifth year for Brian Fogarty at USO. There has been many positive changes during that time. The most important being a shift to primarily high school recruiting. The past four recruiting years have included the largest and most talented freshman classes in 14 years of Division Ill football at USO. Brian and his staff feel this provides for a more consistent program. After a 4-6 season last year and many outstanding players returning , it looks like the future is very bright. Brian's four year record at USO is 15-24-1. Before coming to USO, Brian coached at St. Francis High School in La Canada, California where he was head coach for four years and an assistant coach for nine years prior. As head coach his record was 28-18-2 and his teams made the playoffs all four years. Brian and his wife Vicki have four children, Bridgit, Joe, Colleen and Megan.

USD Football Profile Four years ago, we set a goal to develop a football program that would be consistently competitive and also reflect the values of the University of San Diego. In order to reach this goal, we must attract student athletes who are truly interested in an outstanding education and have the ability and desire to continue their football career. Most of our recruiting efforts have been at the high school level. We feel that the ma- jority of our players should be four year players if we are to develop the consistency we hope to achieve. It has taken some time, but we feel our youth move- ment is about to pay off. Our 1987 roster includes 42 lettermen and 12 starters. The majority of these starters have been starting for two and three years. We have also done well on the academic side. Our team GPA over the past two years has been approx- imately a 2.7. Last season we had an Academic All-American. We are an NCAA Division Ill independent. Division Ill football provides an opportunity for the many outstanding athletes who may not have what the " major" colleges are looking for. They still can't measure a player's desire. At USO, your education is the top priority. We work hard, but do not require an unreasonable amount of time. This provides you with the fun and satisfaction of playing football and the opportunity to do well academically. We are very proud of our program at USO and we are looking forward to many successful years.

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